Cherry Hotel Explained

Cherry Hotel
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:35.7234°N -77.9084°W
Built:1917
Architect:Benton, Charles Collins
Builder:Stout, Joe W.
Architecture:Beaux Arts
Added:August 26, 1982
Refnum:82003531

The Cherry Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was designed by Charles Collins Benton in Beaux Arts style and built in 1917. It is a six-story, U-shaped brick building with approximately 200 rooms. The interior features a two-story lobby with Art Deco style lighting fixtures. The hotel closed in 1981.[1] It was subsequently converted to apartments.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Wilson Central Business-Tobacco Warehouse Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: J. Robert Boykin III. Cherry Hotel . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1982 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-07-01.